Neville Goddard on Genesis 11:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 11 in context

Scripture Focus

1And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

3And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Genesis 11:1-4

Biblical Context

Genesis 11:1-4 shows a world of one language proposing a grand project to build a city and a tower to reach heaven, seeking to secure a name.

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 11:1-4 reveals a single consciousness that wishes to unify and thereby exalt itself through outward achievement. The tower and city symbolize an inner tower, a self-image built to be seen and to control destiny. When consciousness seeks to reach heaven by external measures, it experiences the disintegration of unity as fear and separation arise. The remedy is to awaken to I AM as the sole cause and to realize that true unity comes from inner alignment rather than monumental constructions. If you revise the motive from pride to service and imagine that unity flows through you as a conduit of divine life, you break the egoic spell and invite cooperative creation that honors life. Your building becomes the cultivation of wisdom, love, and discernment, not the fame of a name. By turning from external towers to inner alignment, you remain connected to the source and discover a reliable, harmonious expression in the world.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling of I AM unity with all life; revise the urge to prove yourself through external grandeur, and let your next action arise from harmonious purpose.